[plug] wiring a house

[W.Kenworthy]

Myth works fine over wireless (over about 36MB/s)

How about using more directional antennas, and being smart about
locating the AP to improve the signal?  My sons lappy gets 54mb/s second
anywhere in the house, my wifes (broadcom chipsset, antennas built into
screen) ditto.  My netgear W311T (atheros chipset, no antenna) under
linux ('long range' in the docs) gets a lousy 18MB/s some 20m and a
couple of walls from the AP.  Simply moving mouse or power cables makes
a big difference.

I have some 2-300 metres of cable in the ceiling - wish wireless had
been available at reasonable cost when I started cabling!

BillK



On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 22:32 +0800, Ari Finander wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Holland" <myk.list at westnet.com.au>
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] wiring a house
> > Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:08:23 +0800
> > 
> > 
> > Ari Finander wrote:
> > 
> > > ng at spending? and 2) if I go with my wife's DIY spirit and try and do thi=
> > > s ourselves, are there any good guides to doing this in the double brick an=
> > > d tile sorts of homes built in Perth in the late 70's?
> > 
> > The good news is that you have a nice roof-space to run the cables.
> > The bad news is that its really hard to drop them through brick walls.
> >    To get down the gap between the double-bricks of the outer wall,
> > you need to get up on a ladder and remove roof tiles.
> 
> That does not sound like fun.
> 
> >    The inner walls almost certainly have no conduits, so you need to
> > gouge a hole from ceiling to outlet, put in cable, fill, plaster
> > and paint. Thats how they build 'em.
> 
> That's how they do it now, or that's how they did it back in 76/77?
> 
> >    The solution is to drop the cables from the ceiling into a wardrobe
> > or other cupboard. (late 70s - has built-ins?)
> 
> No, unfortunately they are not built in: add on wall cupboards.
> 
> > Or discretely behind a door in the corner. Just remember to get beige
> > cables, not blue :-)
> 
> Dangling cables...hmmm...perhaps trying to beef up the dodgy wireless would be better?
> 
> > 
> >    I found it useful to run a length of that black "poly-pipe" (sold
> > for water-reticulation) from the study wardrobe, through the ceiling,
> > to the central linen cupboard. It makes a good conduit for phone, 
> > ethernet, coax and audio cables.
> > 
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